skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Valence and spin fluctuations in the Mn-doped ferroelectric BaTiO 3

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Dept. of Applied Physics; Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, DC (United States). Geophysical Lab.
  2. Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, DC (United States). Geophysical Lab.; Ludwig Maximilian Univ., Munich (Germany). Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
  3. 4Department of Physics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA

We study Mn substitution for BaTiO 3 with and without compensating oxygen vacancies using density functional theory (DFT) in combination with dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT). We find strong charge and spin fluctuations. Without compensating oxygen vacancies, the ground state is found to be a quantum superposition of two distinct atomic valences, $3d^4$ and $3d^5$. Introducing a compensating oxygen vacancy at a neighboring site reduces both charge and spin fluctuations due to the reduction of electron hopping from Mn to its ligands. As a consequence, valence fluctuations are reduced, and the valence is closely fixed to the high spin $3d^5$ state. Here we show that inclusion of charge and spin fluctuations is necessary to obtain an accurate ground state of transition metal-doped ferroelectrics.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
N00014-12-1-1038; N00014-14-1-0561; N00014-17-1-2768; ACI-1339804; DMR-1709229
OSTI ID:
1544223
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 98, Issue 7; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 6 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (49)

Self-consistent G W determination of the interaction strength: Application to the iron arsenide superconductors journal July 2010
Covalency in transition-metal oxides within all-electron dynamical mean-field theory journal August 2014
Bond- versus site-centred ordering and possible ferroelectricity in manganites journal November 2004
Magnetism in Mn-doped ZnO nanoparticles prepared by a co-precipitation method journal February 2006
Properties of Mn-Implanted BaTiO[sub 3], SrTiO[sub 3], and KTaO[sub 3] journal January 2003
Nature of magnetic excitations in superconducting BaFe1.9Ni0.1As2 journal March 2012
Doping dependence of spin excitations and its correlations with high-temperature superconductivity in iron pnictides journal December 2013
Preparation of Mn-doped BaTiO3 nanoparticles and their magnetic properties journal September 2008
Influences of annealing temperature on structural characterization and magnetic properties of Mn-doped BaTiO 3 ceramics journal July 2012
Evidence for the stabilization of manganese ion as Mn (II) and Mn (IV) in α-Zn2P2O7: Probed by EPR, luminescence and electrochemical studies journal May 2014
Theoretical Prediction of Magnetic Properties of Ba(Ti1-xMx)O3 (M=Sc,V,Cr,Mn,Fe,Co,Ni,Cu) journal December 2001
Structural, optical and magnetic properties of polycrystalline BaTi 1−x Fe x O 3 ceramics journal August 2011
Structural and optical properties of chromium-doped hexagonal barium titanate ceramics journal February 2008
Collapse of magnetic moment drives the Mott transition in MnO journal February 2008
A new route to magnetic ferroelectrics: Magnetoelectrics journal December 2004
Rigorous Definition of Oxidation States of Ions in Solids journal April 2012
ABINIT: First-principles approach to material and nanosystem properties journal December 2009
Electronic structure calculations with dynamical mean-field theory journal August 2006
Ferroelectric distortions in doped ferroelectrics: BaTiO 3 : M ( M = V Fe) journal June 2013
Strong Valence Fluctuation in the Quantum Critical Heavy Fermion Superconductor β YbAlB 4 : A Hard X-Ray Photoemission Study journal June 2010
Charge states of ions, and mechanisms of charge ordering transitions journal June 2014
How Correlated is the FeSe / SrTiO 3 System? journal August 2017
Strong pressure-dependent electron-phonon coupling in FeSe journal June 2014
Electronic properties of 3 d transitional metal pnictides: A comparative study by optical spectroscopy journal October 2012
Fluctuating valence in a correlated solid and the anomalous properties of δ-plutonium journal March 2007
More accurate generalized gradient approximation for solids journal June 2006
Decisive role of oxygen vacancy in ferroelectric versus ferromagnetic Mn-doped BaTiO 3 thin films journal April 2011
Low-temperature magnetic fluctuations in the Kondo insulator SmB 6 journal April 2014
Improving the Functional Control of Aged Ferroelectrics Using Insights from Atomistic Modeling journal October 2017
Pressure suppression of electron correlation in the collapsed tetragonal phase of CaFe 2 As 2 : A DFT-DMFT investigation journal August 2014
Spin fluctuations and frustrated magnetism in multiferroic FeVO 4 journal May 2014
Kinetic frustration and the nature of the magnetic and paramagnetic states in iron pnictides and iron chalcogenides journal September 2011
3C–6H phase transition in BaTiO 3 induced by Fe ions: an electron paramagnetic resonance study journal November 2008
Evaluation of lattice site and valence of manganese in hexagonal BaTiO 3 by electron paramagnetic resonance journal July 2005
Structural phase separation and optical and magnetic properties of BaTi 1−x Mn x O 3 multiferroics journal June 2012
Effects of manganese addition on the electronic structure of BaTiO 3 journal June 2015
A ten-year perspective on dilute magnetic semiconductors and oxides journal November 2010
Multiscale simulations of defect dipole–enhanced electromechanical coupling at dilute defect concentrations journal August 2017
First-principles theory of dilute magnetic semiconductors journal May 2010
Symmetry breaking in occupation number based slave-particle methods journal October 2017
Electron paramagnetic resonance parameters of Mn4+ ion in h-BaTiO3 crystal from a two-mechanism model journal March 2009
Electronic Correlations and Unconventional Spectral Weight Transfer in the High-Temperature Pnictide BaFe 2 x Co x As 2 Superconductor Using Infrared Spectroscopy journal April 2012
Strong Correlations from Hund’s Coupling journal April 2013
In situ observation of reversible domain switching in aged Mn-doped BaTiO 3 single crystals journal May 2005
Quantum spin fluctuations in the bulk insulating state of pure and Fe-doped SmB 6 journal June 2017
Evidence for valence fluctuation of Fe in Sr2FeMoO6−w double perovskite journal May 2000
Effects of electron correlations on transport properties of iron at Earth’s core conditions journal January 2015
Simple, Unambiguous Theoretical Approach to Oxidation State Determination via First-Principles Calculations journal October 2011
Large electric-field-induced strain in ferroelectric crystals by point-defect-mediated reversible domain switching journal January 2004

Similar Records

Doping a bad metal: Origin of suppression of the metal-insulator transition in nonstoichiometric VO2
Journal Article · Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physical Review B · OSTI ID:1544223

Electronic and magnetic properties of electron-doped V2O5 and NaV2O5
Journal Article · Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics · OSTI ID:1544223

Evaluating the effects of structural disorder on the magnetic properties of Nd 2 Zr 2 O 7
Journal Article · Mon Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Physical Review Materials · OSTI ID:1544223